| Good afternoon. Can I help you? |
| Good afternoon. |
| Yes, I've just transferred to the School of Education, |
| and I'd like information about joining the library. |
| Well, the School of Education has libraries on two sites, as I'm sure you know. |
| This one here is the Fordham Site, and the other is on Castle Road. |
| And is there any difference between the two libraries? |
| Not in terms of their facilities. |
| Access to online databases and the Internet is available at both sites |
| and each site has a range of reference materials on education. |
| Oh yes. I see. |
| But the Castle Road site has books on the sociology of education |
| and a collection of textbooks and teaching resources |
| covering most of the subjects taught in secondary schools. |
| Ah, right, |
| but I'm training to be a primary teacher |
| so I need to look at materials for the five to eleven age group. |
| Then you've come to the right place. |
| At Fordham we hold material relating to primary education, |
| as well as special needs, |
| but of course you'll need to familiarise yourself with both sites to make the most of our resources. |
| You haven't mentioned periodicals. |
| Are they held at both sites? |
| Current issues, yes but if you want to look at back issues |
| you'll need to use the CD-ROM databases which are held here at Fordham. |
| I see. |
| Now, about borrowing books. |
| I'm living out of town, so I'm hoping I can borrow quite a few items, |
| and cut down on the number of trips I have to make. |
| Right, well, members can borrow two books at a time from each site. |
| Only two books? |
| Only two from each site, but that's four altogether. |
| Oh I see, |
| and how long can I hang on to them for? |
| The borrowing period is one month, but of course books can be renewed. |
| You can renew any item a maximum of three times. |
| Do I have to come to the library to do that? |
| No, you can do it by telephone or email, |
| but you can't renew overdue books this way, |
| only before or on the due date stamped in the book. |
| We'll need your full name, your borrower number |
| and the name of the site library you borrowed the items from. |
| So theoretically I can borrow books for up to three months - |
| is that what you're saying? |
| Yes, provided they're not recalled. |
| So, what happens then? |
| Well, sometimes an item is requested by another borrower, |
| in which case we'd send you a letter, |
| and you'd have to return the book within seven working days. |
| Don't forget we're closed on Sundays. |
| Okay. |
| I expect it'll take me a while to find what I need. |
| There's such a lot here. |
| Yes, there is, |
| but if you need help getting started, |
| this term we're running three study skills workshops. |
| Oh? |
| What are they on? |
| Er, let me see. |
| The first one's on resources... |
| yes, here it is. |
| How to use the library's resources. |
| That includes everything, not just the print and technical resources. |
| That sounds useful. |
| Is there anything on using the Internet? |
| Er, let's see. |
| The one on the Internet for beginners was last term. |
| This term it's finding research materials online. |
| That sounds interesting too, |
| hm, what's the last one? |
| It's a workshop on dissertations. |
| What do you mean? how to write one? |
| Er, no it's more to do with academic writing conventions, |
| you know, writing a bibliography and how to refer to sources in your text. |
| That sort of thing. |
| Anyway, here's a leaflet with information about all three. |
| Thanks a lot. |
| That'll be very useful. |
| You're welcome. |